Between 1907 to the mid-1930s, Autochrome Lumiere was the primary colour photography process. In 1908, Albert Kahn, by then a Paris banker, purchased several autochrome plates and sent a team to China to record everyday life in the empire. Albert was by then fascinated in a new hobby, collecting photographic records and animated films from […]

Paris offers so many beautiful attractions to its visitors, but no one should miss going at least once to the famous Albert Kahn Garden (Jardin Albert Kahn). Make your way to Boulogne-Billancourt via the metro, a 10-minute trip that takes you somewhere unusual and well worth your time. Once there, you will see not only […]

Albert Kahn’s collection of photography from around the world is a remarkable collection. For any photography lover, owning one or more Albert Kahn prints is a must-have. Kahn was a French industrialist and philanthropists that used his vast wealth to collect over 32,000 photographs from all over the world. His photographs chronicled historical developments, new […]

Wouldn’t you love to have access to snapshots of lost ages of the past? Thanks to French industrialist Albert Kahn, you can! In 1908, Kahn launched one of the most ambitious photography projects of all time. He recruited a team of photographers to circle the globe and produce “a photographic inventory of life”. Featured in […]

The Albert Kahn photography collection was an ambitious project initiated by Albert Kahn in 1909. While on business in Japan, Kahn took many photographs and brought them back home. He quickly appointed Jean Brunhes as a project leader. The Albert Kahn photography collection had the ambition to be an extensive Catalogue of humanity. Kahn sent […]

Starting out as a bank clerk in Paris, Albert Kahn the photographer was the 4th child of his cattle dealer father and Babette, his mother. He decided upon becoming a photographer early in 1860. He was a wealthy French banker, who wanted to create a photographic record of the world. Albert Kahn the photographer was […]